Capros aper n 1: fish with a projecting snout [syn: {boarfish}, {Capros aper}]
Boarfish \Boar"fish`\, n. (Zool.) (a) A Mediterranean fish ({Capros aper}), of the family {Caproid[ae]}; -- so called from the resemblance of the extended lips to a hog's snout. (b) An Australian percoid fish ({Histiopterus recurvirostris}), valued as a food fish. [1913 Webster]